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The Great Urine Wars of Hong Kong
While I was rolling my eyes at some imported, HK $325 (US $41) Japan melons, my toddler dashed back from his duties pushing our cart into the ankles of other shoppers and urgently squeaked, “Mama, I...
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Ugly Americans, Ugly Chinese: the tourist trap
The original bad tourist: “The Ugly American” in 1950s Cuba. Bashing Mainland Chinese tourists is rather fashionable in Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post is always eager to print something...
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The Horror! Of Chinese Mainlanders, right here in Repulse Bay!
I have discovered a new annoyance: Hong Kong-based Western expats complaining about Mainland Chinese tourists. This month’s edition of “Southside Magazine,” the English-language magazine catering to...
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Independent Hong Kong Flag
Riffing-off my post about Hong Kong protestors waiving old colonial flags and in answer to this week’s HK Magazine request to “come up with what the flag of an independent Hong Kong would look like,”...
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Chatting up Mainlanders on Hong Kong’s East Rail Line
MTR East Rail Line (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) Their group crowded onto the East Rail Line at Kowloon Tong, dragging overloaded shopping trolleys, backpacks and plastic carrier bags. That was the...
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